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Ernesto Portillo Jr. Profile

6/10/2017

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Born and raised in Tucson, Arizona Ernesto “Neto” Portillo Jr. is a proud Tucsonan. He is a columnist for The Arizona Daily Star and also works for La Estrella.

While Neto was a student at the University of Arizona, he traveled to Mexico and Central America. Neto graduated with a major in Latin American Studies, but developed a passion for journalism. He “fell in love with it” when he took a basic journalism class at the U of A. He only took three journalism courses, but he was fascinated. He was told he would be a good journalist because he is bilingual and a great writer.

 In 1982, he attended a journalism program for minorities at University of California, Berkeley. When Neto finished the program, he began to work as a reporter in Massachusetts. He worked there for three years and then moved to San Diego, where he lived for 15 years working as a reporter.

In 2000, Neto moved back home to Tucson. He started working at The Arizona Daily Star, where he was hired as a columnist.
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Neto loves to work for the Daily Star and La Estrella. He enjoys showing the culture in Tucson because he believes the culture is vital in today’s society.
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In addition to being a columnist, he loves his chickens and turtles. Neto also enjoys doing CrossFit with his wife. He hopes to inspire people and give them ganas or “moxy” when they read his columns. ​
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Day Five

6/10/2017

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Today we had two speakers come and visit us at the workshop. Christopher Conover came to speak to us about broadcast journalism.  His lecture was great because he gave examples of what has happened to him while working in broadcasting. When he did a story on the Everglades, he had to do 11 takes to get one shot. He explained to us that the first time he got the shot perfectly but his co-workers wanted him to do it again so he could fall in the water. Mr. Conover also let us practice writing a script for a broadcast article. This was fun because I had never done anything similar to this.

Later on, Ernesto Portillo Jr. came to speak with us. I was struck by his passion for journalism. He spoke about how he fell in love with it and how he wants to represent the minorities of Tucson in his columns. Neto believes that Tucson has work to do in improving the way Tucson is to minorities. 
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Snake Day

6/7/2017

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I was definitely not expecting to hold a snake today.

To learn how to shoot video, we filmed Cecil Schwalbe and his reptiles. First, he brought out a Western Diamondback Rattlesnake. He showed us how to move the snake with tongs and he allowed people to carry it. I was too scared to move the snake because I knew I would probably drop it. Although I did not move the snake, I held one that was not venomous. It was an interesting experience. I had held a snake before, but this snake was calm. The snake, named Smog, seemed to enjoy being held. Cecil also let us hold desert tortoises. They were probably my favorites because they fit in my hand.

​Later on, we created an iMovie ​of the clips that we filmed. I was frustrated at  first because I had 
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never worked with videos. As I worked on it, I began to enjoy putting everything together. I am happy with the results from the movie. ​
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